Fountain-penholder.



Wm. mg. Paternidad Ust. I6, E900.

' S. Wi. @L E. E. SMILISBUFW.

Application filed Nov. 23, 1899.) (No Mmm.)

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ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA; I

hllhllhbllrilllmhl' forming part ci .Letters Patent hl'o. @ht dated october il, i900.

Application iilerl November 23.1899. Serin! No. 738.019. llllo model.) I

To (LZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, SnsnoAMossIs SALIsnuev and lEILnss ELLsWon'rn SnLisBURY, citizens of the United States, and residents of the city of Aberdeen, in the 'county of Brown and State of South Dakota, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fountain- Penholders, of which the following is a full, clear, and enact description. l

One objeetor our invention is to provide a fountain-peuliclder so constructed that practically any pen suitable for the worh engaged in by the writer, whether steel, gold, or coinposition, may be expeditiously and conveniently placed in the holder over a suitable feeder or removed from the holder.

Another object of the invention is to con struct the ountain-penholder in a simple, durable, and economical manner and so that Vthe peu used in the holder may be operated to the saine advantage as a pen placed in any ordinary holder and without the tr9uble,'loss of time, inconvenience, and annoyance of stopping to dip the pen into the ink-well or to frequently refill the reservoir, as in the case of an ordinary fountain-pen. l,

A further object of the invention is to provide the fountain-peu not only with a large reservoir for inlr, but with a'co'nvenient means whereby the reservoir may be filled in acleanly manner and the ink be supplied to the nib of the pen.

The invention consists in the novel con struction 'and combination of the several parts, as will he hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is'to be hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the figures;

` Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section through the improved fountain-penholden Fig. 2 is a top view of the improved fountainpenliolder, a portion of'tlie body or barrel being broken away. lfig. 3 is a side elevation,

" partially iu section, of a portion of the fountain penliolder, showing a pen in position therein, the peubeing in side elevation. Fig. Llis a transverse sec'jcn taken practically on the line 4: i of lllig. it, and Fig. 5 is a transverse section taken practically on the line 5 5 of Fig. l.

The body A .of the holder is tubular and somewhat boltle-shaped. The right-handside, loolrinn, toward the pen-head, is long and straight, and the top, bottom, and left-hand side, orthe other three sides, are shorter and rounded, the holder in cross-section being circulrn".v The said body A is of considerable breadth and circumference and is provided with an elongated neck 12, preferably at the right-hand side, the neel;- having an interior thread 13. 'lifhe said body A, which rnay be called the barrel of the penholder, is made in ltwo sections, and the sections are conuected by a slip-joint 11i, as shown in Fig.- 1, or-the said sections may be secured together. The back or outer end of the barrel or body A is closed, and at the inner end of the neclr ofthe barrel or body a nipple l5 is secured, communicating with the larger portion of the said barrel or body, as shown in Fig. 1.

y A receptacle B, preferably made of soft iexible rubber, is located within the bodyA and conforms practically to the shape of the same, the said receptacle having also a con.- tracted neck 16, which neck of the receptacle is fitted over the inner portion of the nipple 15, as is best shown in Fig. 1,-while at the opposite end of the said receptacle a lug 17 isformed, and this lug is fitted into a soclret 18, formed in a disk or button 19, which disk or button 19 is provided with an inclined central extension 20, adapted to extend into and closely t an opening 2l in the outer end of the barrel or body A, asis shown also in Fig. l. By pressing inward on the disk orbutton l.) the flexible receptacle is compressed endwise, and the ink which it contains will be forced out through the nipple l5 into the elongated neck l2 of the said holder or barrel.

A pen-head C is used in connection with the body or barrel A of the peuholder, and i this peu-head is provided with an exterior thread 2l, whereby the said penhead may be screwed into the neck of the barrel or" roo A the said" barrel or out therefromwhen the ably the collar isserrated or rougheued, in

order to facilitatescrewing the pen-head' into receptacle B in the barrel is tobe filled. The pen-head' is made'in various diameters. In iact,exteriorly the saidpen-head is stepped in such annanuer as to forni. 'a peripheral shoulder 23 adjac ent to the collar 22, and also a second shoulder 24. 'Ihe outer endof the lpen-head is curyed upward, forming a `mouth '125, vand the orifice 26 of the Vmouth 25 communicates with a longitudinal bore 27 in the peu-head, of less diameter than the orifice v26, tlieupper portion lo l. the mouthsection of the pen-head being slightly-converted or `rounded. The bere 27 in the pen-head is provided with an enlargement 28 at the rear portionpthe enlargement 28 .being al o-circi'r-` 4iur in cross-section, as is'illustratedi y Fig. 5; Where the'enlargeinent 28 connects with the main' here 27 the'` bcreis contracted or tapered,

' straws in rig. 1. A cavity 29 fis' made in' thenpp'er surface-*of the penfhead'at'the muthj, and .this 'cavity is' 'adapted re# ceive' th'eoisets produced upon 4some styles efpe'u's, such iis-the Falcon peu, en'ablingth'e1 nib -or fpoint of the 'Een to lie tlatloverthe jm'onth 25 of'th'e'peu ead.

v'the erinpveiiholderfnd this feeder consists fi ,eqiuvisntiateriat and the stia ma extends throughout; the lengthfof .the bore 27 'and into o'ntfroin the :month 2,5 of the said pen'- 335 'heed'."L-Theoui portion ror. the' rod 3o. is

curveddown-ward, engaging withthe bottom. ofzthe Bore 27 of the pen-head'where saidbre Aconnects withthe mouth 25 of said head, and

the outer-extremity of the lsaid 'rod 30 is curved ug'vard to such a degree that it extendsout af ve the' top of the oriliceof' the u 'iouth 25 of the pen-head, .the" outerextremity 'of the 'saidrodbeing given a downward and outward curve 31, as shown in Eig. 1. f The outer curved ,section of the feeder D is adapted to come indirect engagement'with and-press upward against "the under surface of tle pen. which is placed in the holder, andthe curvature 31 f the said `feeder 'prevents it from extending so far through the slot in the penl -as to interfere with the passage of air through the slot.

,A'clliinpin-band E is used in .connection with the head,and' this band is made in two diameters, ,being ofgreater diameter at; its

'inner por'tion,'so that' the said band'will `fit over thelsp'ace' betweenthe shoulders 23 and 24' on the pen-hed, and the body portion of ll.the said'clampingfbaum which is of less di aineter, extends overthe surface of the penhead 'between theshoulder 24 and the cavity 29..' The. outerend of the clampingband is beveled downward and rearward; .forming a 11653.30, which extends over the cavity 29 in the pen-head, and the said'noseis'adapted to engagewith the s hank of the pen F, placed in the holder. v

vsurface 2 tion of the surface 24, as shown vat 243 in Fig. 4, theiconvexed side surfaces extending down Forward of the shoulder 24 ofthe pen-head anV l upper roundedor seinicyl-ind'ri'cal suriace24 is f ormed, as shown in Figs. 2V and v4`,"the`side facesof t ei-ng colnvexed and a continua-- to horizontalshoulders 35, while the bottom portion of the pen-head is adapted to fit snugly to the bottom portion of tl1`ecl`alupingband E, as' is also'shown inA Fig. 4. The

h*shank of the Vpen F is made to engage with the upper surface 24a of the pen-head and the upper portion of the clamping-band E, as' is' shown in Figs. EL and 4andj the side edges ofl .gen-head connecting with the top the' shank of thei pen may engagevwith the the dat section 32 of the feeder extends out through the inner portion of the pen-head, as shown in Fig',- 1, the in wardly-extending end ofthe dat section 52 of the feeder being opposite the outlet in the ferrule or sleeve 15 ofthe barrel or body A. The rod .portionp of the feeder D may be termed a tongue, and

when the pen is in use the constant pressure' and'bearing down of the pen on ihe'paper serve -to keepr the tongue, which is highly sen- ICO sitive, in continualfmotion, which in turn agitates' the fluid and causes afdown'warddiow of inkhtl'ie fluid following the tongue to its extremity o'rcurved end, consequently incessantly flowing into'or feeding the fissure in, the pen. Whenthe pen-is notj'n' use,- the escaping yduid (almost ii'n'inediately)- follows the tongue back through the orifice in thepenliead to the receptacle B. The iatten'ed end of the feeder D- is wedge-shgped and is constructed to Itsnu'glyin the enlarged portion 2S. of the'bore of the penj'head, serving to h old the feeder in place,V while not interfering with the passage of .the ink. f The extension or sp. r30 ofthe clamping-- band Eis bent slightly downward or in ward,

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,that it may offer additional means for hold ing the pen firmly on the pen-head, and the said' extensionA or spur likewise serves as an index o r guide in adjusting the pen, since the extension or spur should be opposite the longitudinal center of the pen introduced into the holder., ItV will bef-understood that a cap may beused' i-n connection with the uib-receiving portion'cithe holder, .if in practice it is so desired.

Having thus' described our invenlion, we

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentt y 1. In a fountain-penholder, a bair'l having an opening in its outer end and provided with an internal nipple, a compressible ink-reservoir witliinthe barrel and connected withl the seid nipple, and means locatdwithin the etonne n. v i t barrel sind operated through the opening in the end thereof tao-compress the seid reservoir to force the ink therefrom.

2.- In n, fountnin-penholder, e ball-rel, n penhend connected with one end of the bnrrel, the said barrel having an opening.,lr in the other end,e compressible ink-rcservoir within the barrel having communication with the penhend, and a. compressing device held within the bnrrel end engaging the end oi' the reservoir, the seid device being operated through the opening in the end of the barrel.

3. In e. foiintein-penholder, n barrel provided with n neck, a nipple held within the barrel .nt or neer the point where the neck connects with the body of the borrel, e. compressible ink-reservoir located within the burrel nndconncoted at its open end with the seid nipple, n compressing device connected' with the extreme end 'of the reservoir and enj gnging en opening inthe outer end of the borrel, and n'pen-heed connected with the neck of the barrel end iu communication with the'opening in the nipple, substantially es described.

Lt. In at fountniwpenholder, e penfheud heviup,r n stepped exterior surface, forming ehoul ders, en opening nt each end of the heed, and n bore` connecting the openings, e springfcederloceted within the seid bore, extending from one.end opening to the other and end, end exterior spaced annuler shoulders between the cavity sud the inlet end, st clamp? ing-band'loceted upon the seid peu-heed heving a downwnrdly-extending nose et it's end locnted over the seid cavity in the upper sur` face of the heed, end a. springfeeder located within' the pen-heed end capable of end movement es end for the purpose specified.

G. In n fountsinfpenholder, n. pen-heed open let its ends-e d adapted for .connection with Y :t source of i 1li-supply, thev heed being pro- 55.

vided with n bore connecting its end portions, :tcnvity in its upper surface neer its outlet end nud spnced shoulders between the cnvit-y nud the inlet end, e clamping-bend 'loceted upon the seid pen-heed end hei/ing its inner end of renter diameter then the outer or body portion, the seid inner end fitting over the spztce between the shoulders, the outer end of the clnmpingband beingiormed with n nose extending over the upper cnvity in the pen-heed, nud at spring-feeder locntedA within the pen-heed lind celpnble of ond movement,

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through the outlet of the seid hnd, the inner portion of the feeder being enlarged end'. fit- I tine,r within nu enlarged portion of the'bore, to

lneinteiu the feeder in position, s'ubstnntinlly 7. In n, iountein-penholderyfil pen-heed open nt its ends and udnpted for connection with` ity and inlet end, n clamping-bend loented upon the seid pen-head, the outer end of seid clnlnping-band being,y beveled downwztrd and rearward forming n. nose extending over the upper cavity in the pen-heed-therein, nud e. spring-feeder locn'ted within the pen-hend und capable of end movement, the outer end portion of the said feeder hnving benl-ing against the bottom well of the bore of the penhee.d, the seidend portion of the feeder extending through the outlet of the snidhend end heviug its outer extremity couvexed and its inner end tlettened,"the linttened portion of the feeder beingndnpted to be located ndjttcent to the source of ink-supply.

8. In n fountain-penholder, the combine*l tion, with e. source of ink-supply, :t penheud connected with the source of supply, n spring-feeder loct'tted within the seid hond, extending beyond the ends thereof, the heed hnvinign cavity nenr its outlet, n. rounded up .per surfece bitch of the cavity, end --tt longitudinal shoulder nteech side below; the

rounded surfnce, of n. clamping-band carried by the pen-heed, extending over the rounded surfece ou the head, being provided with n. downwardly-extending nose etA its forwatrd ori o'uter end, loceted over the cavity in the upper portion of the pen-head, as set forth.

9. In e. fountein-penholder, n berrel provided with en eloiigeted neck having en interior thread and en internal nipple locnted et orV neer the point where the neck connects with the body of the barrel, en ink-reservoir lcceted within the barrel end vconnected et Vits mouth'with the said nipple, and e. penhend provided with en exterior threztd for screwing into the neck of the body, the inner end of the seid heed when in position be-, ing spiyced from the nipple, substantiallyns shown and described.

10. In n. fountetiu-penholder, n. bnrrel constructed in detachable sections and having an elongated neck at one end and nu opening in the other or outer end, the seid berrel also being provided with en internal nipple located et or near the ppint where the neck connects with the body of the bert-el, e ilexible ink-`1eceptec1e located within the scid barrel end connected at its mouth with the snid nipple, :incl means located within the barrel :tt the outer end thereof end ttdztpted to be operated through the opening in thev end of the bei-rel to compress seid rcceptncle, :is described.

the outer end portion of the feeder extending i 11. In' e, fountrtinper1holde13 n berrei haw .IOO

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ing a contracted neck, a broad body portion of larger circumference Aand one side long and straight, said barrel being likewise provided nwitha nipple located within the barrell at or nearthe point where the'neckconnect-s with the body, a flexible reoeptacle'conforming to the' sha-pe of said'barre'l and located therein,-

.the mouth of thereeeptacle being arranged. for engagement with the nipple in the barrel,

the said receptacle having a projection at its closed end, andA a compressible disk capable of being operated from the exterior of the bar# rel of the penholder7 which disk is connected with the projection from the closed end of the ink-receptacle, as described.

12.- In a fountain-penholder, the combina-- tion with a barrel -having an opening in its outer end, and a coinpressible ink-reservoir within the barrel, and having a projection at its closed end, of a devicelocated within the barrel and engaging the projection on the end ofthe compre'ssible receptacle, the said device Y being adapted to be operated through the opening inthe end of the barrel to compress the said receptacle,substan tiallyas described.

13. ln a fount-ain-penholder, a barrel having a neck at one end the outer end of the barrel being formed with an opening, a nipple within the barrel at. or near the point where the neck connects with the body, a flexible ink-receptacle within they barrel, the mouth of' said receptacle being arranged for engagement with the nipple inthe barrel, the said receptacle 'having a projection at its closed end, a disk located within the barrel at the outer end thereof and provided with an extension adapted to fit within the opening in the outer end of the barrel, the said disk being formed on its inner face with a socket adapted 'to'reeeive the projection at lthe closed end of the flexible inkl-receptacle; s'nbstantially 'as ldescribed.-

14. In a'fountain-penholder, a pen-'head having a longitndinal bore enlarged'at its in ner end, a feeder-located Within said bore and having an enlarged. uflattened portion fitting Within the enlarged portion of the bore, and

"a clamping-band carried by the head, substantially as described.

15. Ina fountain-penholder, an ink-reservoir, a pen-head formed With a longitudinal bore having a mouth at its outer endand an I enlarged portion 'at its inner end, and a feeder located withinthe said head, one end of ythe feeder extending through the outlet end open ing of the pen-head, thevother orinner end of -said feeder Abeing enlarged and fitting-within v the enlarged portion o f the bore of the head,

communicating with theontlet of the inkreservoir, and a feeder located within the said bore, and having an enlarged portion fitting within the enlarged portion ofthe bore, substantially as set forth.

SENECA norms slmsnlir.-

i XVitnesses:

RonT. MOODY, J, M. PRATT. 

